COALITION COMMITS TO RE-FUNDING LOCAL ROADS AND COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM
The Riverina is set to benefit from more than $27 million under the Coalition’s commitment to renew the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program with $1 billion, if the Coalition is elected to Government. “The announcement of $1 billion for the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program is a huge reaffirmation of the commitment the […]
Labor’s Royal Children’s Hospital cuts will hurt sick children
You are blessed if you are born healthy. Not everyone has such good fortune. Australia has an excellent health system which caters for, or should look after, those who happen to not be so lucky at birth. Federally, in excess of $110 billion is spent nationally on health each year and the States, combined, contribute […]
TRANSCRIPT: WIN NEWS WITH GEORGIE BURGESS, 26 March 2024
Subjects: Federal Budget 2025/26 E&OE STARTS: 9:23am GEORGIE BURGESS What’s in the Budget for your region? MICHAEL McCORMACK It’s an attack on regional Australia. This Budget does nothing to help regional Australia in so far as the infrastructure on which we’ve relied those grant programs, which would mean so much for so many councils and […]
TRANSCRIPT: INTERVIEW WITH ABC RIVERINA, SALLY BRYANT RE FEDERAL BUDGET, 26 MARCH 2024
E&OE STARTS: 7:11AM ENDS: 7:20AM SALLY BRYANT: The 2025 Federal Government has handed down the Budget, there is going to be a lot of analysis on what is in that Budget on ABC Radio and online throughout the day. I am always interested to hear what you think of measures like $17 billion in tax […]
TRANSCRIPT: INTERVIEW WITH 7News Riverina Budget preview, 25 MARCH 2025
E&OE STARTS: 1.03pm ENDS: 1.13pm EMILY FRANCIS: So, Budget Eve—come a little bit more than 24 hours—what are you hoping to see out of the budget for the regions, particularly the Riverina? MICHAEL McCORMACK: Well, certainly, I do hope that Labor commits to its $30 million for planning for a potential bypass for the Inland […]
TRANSCRIPT: WIN NEWS ACT WITH GEORGIE BURGESS, 21 March 2025
E&OE STARTS: 10:55am GEORGIE BURGESS Michael obviously (inaudible) in your neck of the woods, how are you feel about the change of boundaries? MICHAEL McCORMACK Oh, really welcome Yass Valley, Snowy Valleys and Upper Lachlan and the eastern end of Hilltops Council into the electorate. They like the rest of the Riverina, the old boundaries […]
TRANSCRIPT: INTERVIEW WITH DAVID EISENHAUER, SOUNDS OF THE MOUNTAINS 20 MARCH, 2025
E&OE STARTS: 8.38am ENDS: 8.50am MICHAEL McCORMACK: And good morning to you too, David, and certainly, well, they’re not cowboys, but Pat Leary and his Light Horse Troopers are riding throughout the district at the moment on the Cheval Anniversary Light Horse Memorial Ride, and it’s certainly a great thing. They arrived at Junee just […]
STATEMENT ON THE DEATH OF MRS BARBARA JEAN PARNELL
VALE, BARBARA PARNELL (21 October 1926-2 March 2025) Barbara Parnell, thought to be the longest serving member of the New South Wales Nationals, has passed away in Wagga Wagga in her 99th year. “She truly was a stalwart of the party and a fine lady in every respect,” said Federal Member for Riverina, Michael McCormack. […]
MAJOR BANKS PUT REGIONAL BRANCH CLOSURES ON HOLD UNTIL JULY 2027
A major deal between the Government and banks has been reached to help retain adequate banking services in regional Australia. Member for Riverina Michael McCormack MP has welcomed the news which has followed his and the community’s advocacy to keep local bank branches open, particularly in Junee. “Concerningly, across regional Australia, around 1,150 post offices […]
TRANSCRIPT: INTERVIEW WITH GEOFF FROST, YASS FM, 31 JANUARY 2025
Subjects: Australia Day, Aged Care, recent storms and disaster assistance, Yass visit, Parliament resuming for the year, election date, small business policy, road death toll, Sheik Abdulghani Albaf, anti-Semitism, Paris Agreement E&OE STARTS 8.05AM GEOFF FROST We’re going to go straight to Michael McCormack, who has rung in early, up and about early, Michael? MICHAEL […]